Richard Price

What Your Favorite Author Says About You

Posted 09.21.2011

Read More: Book News, J.D. Salinger, Kurt Vonnegut, Jack Kerouac, Favorite Authors, William Faulkner, Richard Price, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Books News

We know the cliche goes, “You are what you eat," but it should really be, "You are what you read.” Or rather, who you read. One's favorite author ...

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Spotted Reading In Public: What Have We Seen You Reading Recently? (PHOTOS)

Posted 07.13.2011

Read More: East of Eden, John Steinbeck, Tick Tock, James Patterson, A Discovery of Witches, The Physiology of Taste, I Was Told There'd Be Cake, Malcolm Gladwell, Lush Life, Spotted Reading in Public, When the Killing's Done, Wagner's Ring, Deobrah Harkness, The Tipping Point, The Ethics of What We Eat, T.C. Boyle, Sloane Crosley, Richard Price, Books News

We've had our eyes on you lately and have seen you reading a wide array of genres, as usual. From best-sellers to beloved classics, you've been seen r...

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Richard Prince And Gagosian Gallery Lose Copyright Case

The Art Newspaper | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Photography, Jamaica, Rastafarian, Copyright, Yes Rasta, Patrick Cariou, Canal Zone, Larry Gagosian, Gagosian Gallery, Fair Use, Richard Price, Arts News

new york. A US District judge has ruled in favour of photographer Patrick Cariou in his copyright lawsuit against artist Richard Prince. Cariou ori...

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What Will Survive of Us?

Geoff Dyer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Burning Man, Banksy, Emily Perkins, David Best, Richard Price, The Inevitable: Contemporary Writers Confront Death, Geoff Dyer, Ghost Bikes, Books News
Geoff Dyer

The first one I saw was on the corner of West 36th St and Sixth Avenue: a racing bicycle, painted completely white (tyres, saddle, spokes--everything)...

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It Is Better to Ask Forgiveness Than to Ask Permission

John Thompson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Larry Strauss, Richard Price, Clockers, Education News
John Thompson

To teach delayed and instant gratification, which were standards that I was required to cover, I photocopied and censored a passage for my students of Richard Price's brilliant novel, Clockers.

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Do Pen Names Re-Launch Authors' Careers?

The Washington Post | Tawny Tipples* | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Pen Names of Authors, Book Marketing, Pen Names Writers, Writers, Books, Writing, Jay Morris, Pen Names, Pen Names for Authors, Richard Price, Books News

Last week, the literary world was introduced to an unknown writer named Jay Morris, who announced that he will debut the first in a series of detectiv...

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Artlog's Top Art & Culture Picks

Artlog | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: NYC Arts, Artlog.com, Northside Festival, Williamsburg, Artlog, Lush Life, Art Galleries, Ppow, Art, Nyc, Slidepollajax, Vietnam, James Franco, PPOW Gallery, Richard Price, Les, New York News
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Happening all weekend is the Northside Festival, which will see exhibitions, special events and musical performances taking place at over 25 galleries in Williamsburg.

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Movie Review: Brooklyn's Finest

Marshall Fine | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sleeper Cell, Brooklyn's Finest Movie Review, Serpico, Training Day, Richard Gere, Joseph Wambaugh, Don Cheadle, Ethan Hawke, Marshall Fine Movie Review, Antoine Fuqua, Wesley Snipes, Richard Price, Entertainment News
Marshall Fine

Once upon a time, movies like Brooklyn's Finest were part of the mainstream. Tough and sorrowful, they offered flawed heroes, usually cops with tarnished ideals.

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Names Of New Sun-Times Owners Released

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sun-Times Media Group, Rocky Wirtz, Chicago Sun-Times, Sun-Times Buyers, Edward Heil, James Tyree, Kevin Flynn, Jim Tyree, Sun-Times Sale, Newspapers, Newspaper Industry, Michael Mackey, Ed Ross, Robert Parrillo, Bruce Young, William Parrillo, Andrew Agostini, Richard Price, Chicago News

Businessman Jim Tyree released the names of his ten co-investors in the Sun-Times Media Group Friday. Besides Tyree, the CEO of Mesirow Financial Grou...

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Obama's Beach Books -- and Yours

Rick Horowitz | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: George Pelecanos, Outer Banks, Thomas Friedman, Obama Martha's Vineyard, The Way Home, Kent Haruf, Beach Books, Fareed Zakaria, Lush Life, Vacation Reading, Hot Flat and Crowded, Barack Obama, Tom Friedman, Elmore Leonard, David McCullough, Beach Reading, John Adams, Proust, North Carolina, Martha's Vineyard, Richard Price, Plainsong, Healthy Living News
Rick Horowitz

The thing about beach books -- or even "beach books" -- isn't the total tonnage of the entire pile. It's the glow of the glorious possibilities.

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